I think the Palimp receives a little more passing attention these days (and some of the members will be meeting face-to-face in a few weeks, according to long-standing tradition!), so why not dive in...

Maybe two stars is a bit mean of me regarding ADitS. I thought A Fire Upon the Deep was outstanding, so part of it is probably raised expectations sticking the boot in. The two Mary Gentle fantasies...

I'm going to start it over this year. I'm balanced between a few other "heavy" reads at the moment, though: I'm halfway through part two of The Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe (that's the lightest...